Episode 308 – Dual-Colored Gods

On this episode, the dorks take on all the news and the first round of Born of the Gods spoilers! There’s a serious amount of bizarre news, from coins to a movie to a high-priced Modern Event Deck announcement. News you can use? Probably not, but there’s plenty enough news here! All the links are down below, so follow along if you want!

After that, we have a super secret special guest! So secret that we didn’t actually know about him until he was on the show! But out of nowhere we invited JT to join us for previews! You know him from our GP Charlotte episode and I’m pretty sure he was on another episode at some point. You’ve got a search bar on the site, if you wanna hear him again I’m sure you can find him. He’s pretty awesome, and so are the new mechanics and some of the new cards from Born of the Gods!

For everyone who says Fated Conflagration is the first burn spell to directly damage planeswalkers, Magmaquake would like a word. I like tribute a lot, but I think most of the cards so far are easy choices based on the situation. The really tricky ones are the most interesting to me, like the Fanatic of Xenagos. Way more to think about than “Do I have an answer/kill spell?”

I think the primary reason is actually because it allows for stronger damage-based removal spells for planeswalkers. It’s kind of like how Flame Slash would be completely insane if it could also target players. To be balanced it would have to cost a fair amount extra, but then it wouldn’t be as good for killing creatures anymore.

A question about Silent Sentinel: When it attacks, you can return an enchantment card from the graveyard to the battlefield. If you target an enchantment creature with Bestow, can you put it on a creature like a regular Aura?
I assume that’s how it would work, but I’ve been wrong about weird interactions before.

Apotheosis is definitely the word you were thinking of, Mike. Understandably, it’s not a word that gets tossed around often, because, well, how often does one talk about ascension to godhood in everyday conversation? Not surprisingly, the word is Greek in origin.